I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'
Blurred is the picture, To not know what's next! Is it the laughter that awaits, Or sorrows lined up to dictate. Untold, unclear is... A story of our fate!
I am not protecting myself or preaching you my story, Reasons will be many but life will move on even in painful journey.
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets.
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.
Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.
When people starts to enjoy a writer's pen, he becomes a legend even if his stories are neither long nor publicly surrounded by expectations.
The fountain of youth is like the monkey's paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well.
I try to push a single idea to its absolute limit. So for all of those ideas that existed in the story, you attempt to find a physical realisation in the space.
My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded.
What we call consciousness is our ability to perceive stimuli and to file it within the parameters of our personal story.
Do try The House by fresh new author, Susannah Mansfield, it's funny, sad and very different, you'll love the characters and the stories.
What if Science is God's way of reminding us that he is greater than the stories and dogma we have confined him to?
In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.
Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
Basically all the religions,sciences and powers of the world boil down to a simple truth. The Best Story Teller will win in the end!
So here I am writing my zombie story and my lead character decides to betray me.
I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
